Dark Dreams
A Kingdom Hearts fanfic
By:
Chison
Slowly opening his eyes, Zashi looked around, and was stunned at what he saw: the bench and beach of his memories. He looked around, but the beach and the city seemed deserted, and Zashi made his way to the bench, looking out at the water, the waves did not roll in and out, the ocean was still. "What's going on here?" Zashi asked himself, and looked towards the city, however everything seemed normal, and suddenly the ground started to shake violently, knocking Zashi off his feet, and he watched the buildings in horror. The buildings had become twisted, and purple, tree-like branches burst from the buildings, apparently reaching for the sky, which had turned from blue to black. Turning back to the ocean, he saw the water change from clear water, to a deep purple, and started to crack the sand where it was sitting on shore, Zashi quickly moved away from the water, and turned back to the bench, which was the only piece that remained untouched by the phenomenon.
"I've always liked how Darkness twists everything…" a female voice came to Zashi from the ocean, who turned around to see Melantha, floating above the water, with her hands folder across her torso. "so…You think the Darkness won't affect you anymore just because its sealed?" she gave a wicked grin from ear to ear, "remember, Melanie's seal was broken by a single Heartless…" She floated towards Zashi, and brushed a finger against his face, "It's a shame…Namine put so much work into such a lousy seal…" With that, Melantha plunged her hand into Zashi's chest, and tried to pull out the heart, but it wouldn't budge, after a few tries, she removed her hand, causing Zashi to fall to his knees, holding his chest, "You…" he breathed, "You can't break my heart so easily now…" Melantha grabbed Zashi by his head and slowly lifted him to her eye level, "what do you mean?" Zashi gave a weak smile, "Marlena used the keyblade and sealed my heart…" She let go of his head, letting him drop back to the ground, "well then…I will have to take care of the key bearer first…"
Zashi got up from the ground, "no you won't, since this is only a dream. My dream." With that, he held out his right hand, and a beam of light formed, and he grasped it, and it formed into a keyblade. He pointed the keyblade to Melantha, "Leave now." Zashi spoke in a low tone, and she shrugged, "fine, only because its your dream…but when we meet, you will not stand a chance against the Darkness!" With that, she vanished into a black cloud, and suddenly the sky returned to its natural blue, the ocean sprang to life, waves gently crashing onto the shore.
Rolling over in the bed, Marlena slowly opened her eyes, but then she shot straight up in her bed. Looking around the room, she recognized the objects in the room; the dresser to her right, and the poster of her favorite band hanging on the opposite wall, The television was along the wall, with the Playstation 2 attached. Marlena threw off her sheets, and quickly a plastic, clanging noise came from her right, she followed the cable, and found the controller for the video game system, "I guess I must have fallen asleep playing games again…" Marlena said to herself, and got up from the bed, and wandered out of her room and towards the living room, down a short flight of stairs, and when she reached the window, her jaw dropped.
From her window, she saw the beach, full of people, the boardwalk and the towering city behind it, filled with activity. Seeing her hometown, Marlena ran out the front door, and down to the water, laughing as she went, "Hey Marlena!" A female voice called to her, she turned in the direction of the voice, she cautiously walked toward the voice, but her walk turned into a sprint, "Iris!" Marlena shouted back, and ran towards her friend. The two of them talked for what seemed like hours, and Marlena finally asked, "Iris…do you know where Zashi is?" Iris gave a simple nod, and pointed to the ocean, Marlena followed the direction, to find Zashi standing, knee deep in the water with this back to them.
Marlena's face lit up as she saw him, and made a mad dash for him, but it seemed the closer she got to Zashi, the further away he seemed. Quickly stopping in her tracks, Marlena whipped around, looking back towards the town, however the sky had turned a deep shade of purple with lightning ripping through the sky, followed by loud booms of thunder. Looking for the city, or even the boardwalk, it had become shrouded in darkness, and the sand had formed large cracks, as if it were becoming a desert, everything had been absorbed by the dark sky.
Turning back to Zashi, the sky was still blue, with white fluffy clouds hanging in the sky and Marlena continued to run towards him. "Zashi…" Marlena said, finally catching up to him, he slowly turned around his eyes were dull and he had a slight grin on his face, and stretched out his left hand to her. She started to reach for Zashi's hand, but saw a massive wall of water rushing towards them, but the water changed from being crystal clear, to being black.
Within an instant, the water rushed over the pair, Marlena had closed her eyes from the water, but they shot open, revealing darkness all around her, however Zashi's clothes and skin had become black, except for only a dim pair of yellow eyes shimmered from him, and Zashi extended his arm further, and suddenly Marlena heard a voice echo throughout the darkness, "Come with me…" Tears streamed down Marlena's face because she knew the voice: it was Zashi…
Ok. This chapter is split up into two parts: Zashi's dream and Marlena's. I wrote most of Marlena's dream while I was at work, thinking how scarry a dream it would be...so! There is the next chappie, dont worry, we are getting to the Massive Battle part soon...
